Under the Banyan tree & other stories

A lovely collection of short stories by R.K.Narayan interested me a lot this time. Surprisingly, no humour was found in this set of mind boggling stories by me but it surely gave me an entirely new experience- an experience of studying different personalities and characteristics of strange yet unique people. Playing with the emotions and personalities of people is the predominant ingredient found mostly in stories by Nobel laureate, Rabindranath Tagore and it astonished me , when I found this flavour in stories by R.K.Narayan . Stories such as 'A breath of Lucifer', 'Chippy', 'Annamalai', 'Under the Banyan tree' and many others grabbed hold of my attention all through the book. A must to read as it not only entertains it's readers but, also allows the reader to analyse the personalities of different people.